Gigabyte TRX50 Aero D linux support?

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Hi There,

I am planning on buying the Gigabyte TRX50 Aero D and would like to use linux operating e.g (manjaro). I have been hesistant to buy it as I do not know if all the components etc will work. If there is any driver incompatibility.

Is there anything that will not work which you are aware of I need to be aware before purchasing the motherboard?

Thanks in advance.

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IMHO 99% it should work… but there is a 1% risk that it MAY not…
Best places to look at for any H/w related info are linux-hardware.org and ubuntu.com/certified
Bottom line you pretty much have to accept some risk else upgrade to a workstation or enterprise grade motherboard…

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How about using an IPMI card to allow for OS-agnostic management of the motherboard ?
Will that work ?
I have researched the Asus IMPI card for a X670 Creator motherboard build I am considering under LIinux and that would work.

I would prefer to use the Gigabyte TRX50 board as well.
And thus I was wondering if any problems could be mitigated by using an IPMI card on the Gigabyte board.
I went to Gigabyte’s Enterprise website

but could not find such a card there.
I emailed Gigabyte support and they stated they cannot guarantee any compatibility with Linux.

Thanks for any help.

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The gigabyte website only has drivers for windows 10 and windows 11

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Linux doesn’t suffer from any large hardware incompatibilities anymore, and Threadripper is well-supported. Also with Linux the drivers are baked right into the kernel, no need to download anything.

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avoid this motherboard with Linux at all costs - a continuous fight between bios and Linux over thermal management has made the experience a nightmare. So far unsolved… meh

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can you expand on that? I have rev 1.1 of the board and I just updated from 2023 bios w/7980x to the “c” beta bios from a couple weeks ago and have found things to be much improved from what they were.
what sort of cooling? I’m assuming its cpu thermal management? Im using a tower cooler right now and I think I attached the fan to the pump header because even at max rpm the fan im using isnt very loud. im not overclocking though (if I were I’d probably use an aio like the silverstone 360 with the giant threadripper coldplate)

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Oof thanks for the advice! Not OP but was eyeing this motherboard to use on Linux, but I guess not. I will take a look at Asrock/ASUS then.